What Is to Be Done?

Day 4,840, 16:45 Published in USA USA by chickensguys

We The People, the top political party in the eUnited States just held a multiple day in game vote, as to whether we should adopt the official policy of the Black Sheep Party and deny the legitimacy of eUSA forum. The vote was overwhelmingly in support. When in the course of human history pettiness and vindictiveness reigns supreme, it will be left to a few brave souls to uproot the system and start anew. The history of the eUSA forum hitherto is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations.We do not say these lightly, but do so for the following reasons.

1. The eUSA Forum is not a community-owned and administered platform. It is a private website owned and operated by PigInZen, who retains absolute authority over its operations. He has shown extreme bias, banning various members of the years. In the past he has given administration privileges to people such as Rainy Sunday, who completely wrecked the forum after having a tantrum; deleting the rich history the forum once contained. He has also targeted members of his choosing, while ignoring serious issues brought up by others. So long as Congress remains subservient to PiginZen, Congress can never be an independent branch. Forum rules, not Congressional rules, dictate decorum. Forum moderators not Congressional moderators dictate who can participate and who cannot.

2. Any compromises as to dual in-game and forum Congressional participation can only exist through the deeply flawed and unfair forum approval system. This is the totally wrong mindset, as it is an artificial barrier that creates hurdles to player engagement. As the game shrinks, we should open the door to players not close the door. For players who want Congressional independence, for players who dislike the totalitarian history of the administrative moderators, for people concerned about privacy, for people who want few hurdles to exist for players - forum use cannot be reconciled.

3. The forum has been used to create non-elected voting "delegates" to solidify meta control and sway close votes in a way that is not representative of the actual voters' will.

4. Finally, no good reason exists to deny in game voting. Those who assert Congressional economy are shouted down by the plethora of folks who have volunteered to do the dirty of making the threads and counting the votes. The burden is non existent and the reward is everything.

So now we return to our opening salvo, What Is to Be Done?

We shall establish in game voting effective immediately. WTP stands by BSP, completely, in walking off the forums.